Sentence examples for matter off from inspiring English sources

When the journalists tried to pass the matter off as a joke — "I actually thought it was referring to a cat" — Mr. Putin again stressed the obscene nature of the group's name.

When asked in an interview on Macedonian television if he was upset about losing so many royalties to pirate cassette and compact disc sales, Proeski shrugged the matter off: having once been a struggling student, he imagined his younger and poorer self also choosing the pirated one.

The weekend produced a number of cool hacks, but I thought one in particular was worth sharing to get this weekend (or any weekend for that matter) off on the right foot.

On the eve of President-elect Trump's inauguration, Moby today shared a politically-charged video for "Erupt & Matter," off his new album with The Void Pacific Choir, These Systems Are Failing.

Therefore, the prime minister's hope was to stave the matter off until the tariffs were proposed.

At the last minute, negotiating with the Americans, Iran took an important matter off the table.

I know quite a few people who have still not seen Brokeback Mountain, presumably because they find the subject matter off-putting.

Dimbleby, his elder-statesman twinkle left behind in the green room, kicked matters off briskly, and the programme began as it would continue.

Then in the division series they swept the talent-laden Los Angeles Angels, owners of baseball's best regular season record, rounding matters off with an 8-3 rout before their own delirious, scarcely believing fans at Kauffman Stadium.

This also matters off-road, where cutting around boulders can be a matter of critical inches.

"This isn't a matter of walking off with a few pencils".